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A 18, 1942- s. J. STANTON 2,293,367 BUS Filed Feb. 21, 1 941 6Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 1 1942.

5. J. 5mm 2,293,367 BUS Filed Feb. 21, 1941 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 Aug. 18,1942.

s. J. STANTON BUS Filed Feb. 21 1941 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 Aug. 18,1942.

s. J. STANTON 2,293,367

BUS

Filed Feb. 21, 1941. e Shets-Sheet 5 Aug. 18, 19421 S. J. STANTON BUSFiled Feb 21. 1941 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 f f i i Patented Aug. 18, 1942UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUS Samuel'John Stanton, Chicago, Ill.

Application February 21, 1941, Serial No. 379,981

20 Claims.

The specification of my present invention discloses a bus embodyingseveral novelties-novelties which are suitable for other passengercarriers as well.

One of these novelties is the incorporation of a plurality of chairs orseats in two or more tiers all of which can be reached by passengersdirectly from an aisle extending from bus floor to bus ceiling, straightthrough the two or more tiers of chairs or seats.

Another is the contrivance, comprising a series of U-shaped humps andU-shaped dips, or seat arrangements, which make possible the.superposition of the chairs or seats in closely spaced tiers.

Another of these novelties are sliding ladders,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-section takenon line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-section taken on line. 6-4 of Fig. 3. I VI Fig. 5 is a fragmentary cross-section taken. out of the longitudinalview shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view taken on line 6-6 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of portion ofv a floor showing uniqueelements.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary cross-section of a view similar to that shown inFig. 2.

Fig. 9 discloses in a longitudinal section, a modified form of the bussuggested in Fig. l.

Fig.10 is a cross-section takenv on line l0-Hl of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary section taken on line I'l-ll of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a modified form of the floor elements shown in Fig. 'l.

In the. drawings describedin detail:

The bus generally is constructed in the usual form, under the usualstructural principles and in the usual available materials.

Numeral Ill points to a longitudinal section of a bus interior. Numeralll indicates the floor wall, [2 the. ceiling wall, l3 and [4 the rear'and 5 front walls respectively, and 21 the lateral, Walls of the busherein disclosed. Numeral l5 indicates a bus floor below the interiorfloor, whilei numeral. l6 indicates-an aisle floor.

The floor H is usually incorporated at a level. over the bus wheels.This affords two advantages: First, it provides a. level interior floorfor thefirst tier chairs orseats- Second, it affords an arrangement forabag-gfage compartment [8; between floors- 1 land I5. l I

The present invention shows. the only coinbie nation which makes itpossible to have a'sutstam tially straight. or level floor ll without,excessively raising the height of theb'us to accommodate therein twotiers. of chairs or seats-ex cessively as compared with the presentknown buses in which a straight or level floor internally is used tosupport the chairs of the upper tier.

Numeral Zllpoints to stanchions or posts built in usually in a verticalposition between the coiling wall I! and the floor wall H, along theaisle especially, but also along the outside lateral walls 2|. They arespaced from each othersufficiently to contact the seats 22 incorporatedbetween them, or to serve as supports for said seats 22". It is quiteobvious that stanchions are required only in some of the formsbut not inall;

Fig. 1 shows a preferred form withoutan'. intermediary floor for theupper tier chairs or seats; The chairs or seats 22--L in the lowertierare built in on the main floor I l asiin any other bus, while thechairs or seats 2'2-U in the upper tier are attached to the posts orstanchions 20. g

A platform I! is built in between the s'tanchions 20 and in front ofeach chair or seat. 22-41,, at a level Sllfi'lCiEl'ltlY below saidchairsor seats 22+U on which the passengersoccupying said chairs orseats 22-U may step or rest-their feet.

Chairs or seats 22--U are spaced from chairs or seats 22L- sufficientlyto afford comfortable head room for the passengers in the lower tier aswell as for the passengersin the upper' tier.

The foot platforms I l between-contiguous or adjacent seats or chairsare continuous. This is best shown in Fig. 2. A secondary form of thepresent bus incorporates an interior intermediary floor comprising aseries of humps '23 and. dips 25 (Fig. 7). A modification of thestructure shown in Fig. 7 isv disclosed in Fig. 12'.

Here the seats rest on the humps 23" and the passengers step or keeptheir feet on the; bot.- toms 25 of the dips, which correspond to.platforms I1, and the chairs or seats are constructed, of course, underthe acceptable principle, for's'uch. accommodations for bus passenger's.

It should be noted (Fig. 2) that in both forms the aisle space 26 in thebus extends from the bus floor I i to the bus ceiling 12, or from thebus floor II to the ceiling l2 (Fig. 9).

Such aisle intersection of the planes under both tiers and such anarrangement of compact tiers within the bus makes it possible readilyfor passengers to get into any of the chairs or seats in either tier.The chairs or seats 22L in the lower tier are, of course, accessiblefrom the floor H. For access to the chairs or seats 22U in the uppertier, unique ladders 21 are provided, each having rungs 28. As the uppertier of chairs or seats is so low in this unique bus, these ladders arecomparatively short, which as a consequence affords an easy access tosaid upper tier.

The floor with the U-shaped elements may be minus the tops 23 of thehumps. In such a construction the seats 22U are inserted in place of thetops 23 of the said U-shaped humps, which results in an economicarrangement disclosed in Fig. 12. One method by which this arrangementis effected is by incorporating a series of channels or troughs parallelto each other. The bottoms of the troughs are set directly above thefootfioors in front of the chairs or seats in the lower tier. The chairsor seats for the upper tier are fixed to rest on the edges of twouprightly through walls correspondingly over the seats in the lowertier.

The ladders 27 are contrived to slide up and down between the posts 28,said vertical movement of the said ladders, between the posts,

facilitated by sash cords 30 and weights 3i.

These weights 3| may operate inside the posts 20 which are hollow instructure.

The aisle floor, which in current buses is identical with floor i l inFig. l, is shown raised to a level 16. This shortens the distance to theupper tier, making access to the upper chairs or seats correspondinglyeasier.

'A modification of the first form of a bus as shown in Fig.l is shown bythe form in Fig. 9. This form incorporates a balcony 32 on a level withthe foot floor rests ll for the passengers occupying the chairs or seats22U. It is sufficiently wide (from posts 20 to railing 33) to permitpassage for one passenger at a time, and may be reached from the aislefloor H by steps 3 4-35 at the rear of the bus. Platform 32 may be acontinuation of the floor under the seats 22-U as shown in Fig. 10.

Numeral 31 indicates a shelf for baggage. Numeral 36 indicates alongitudinal partition immediately under the ceiling extending from theshelf 31, partition 36 dividing shelf 3! into two compartments. Thisshelf is entirely out of the way and occupies aisle space whichotherwise would have no value as a facility. The platforms 32, extendedlongitudinally through the bus on each side of the aisle, are asubstantial distance apart from each other.

Aisle floor i l remaining identical with the bus floor H and thebalconies having an open space between them, gives the passengerssuflicient head room, when walking upon aisle floor ll through the bus,the bus ceiling being 12. The aisle floor is raised one step 34 in therear, to form a step in the stair case 36-35, which leads to the balcony32 on each side of the aisle Hi. This balcony serves effectively thechairs or seats 22-17 in the upper tier.

The ladders 21, in the models where these are used, are provided withlugs 49 (Fig. 3) which slide in slots 4|. The sash cords 30 attached tothese lugs support sash weights 3|, which counterbalance the ladders 21.By making these weights heavier than the ladders, the weights willautomatically pull the laddersup to the upper tier when not in use bythe passengers for ascent or descent. The slots in the posts arearranged to determine where the ladders should stop in the upper level.The ladders I! are always within the reach of the passengers desiring touse them.

It can be thus seen that the forms disclosed in the present inventionconstitute a great advance in the art. The inventor hereby builds a busembodying the greatest number of seats in the least height of bus spacefor a multi-tier arrangement.

The. middle floor of the double-deckers is dispensed with. The tiers areembodied compactly within a low bus interior.

The unit embodies combinations which makes access to upper tierconvenient. There are no tortuous stairways with large number of unsafesteps in the forms disclosed. The accommodations provided instead are afew simple steps or simple ladders which are safe and easy to treadupon.

The compartments on each side of wall 36 (Fig. 10) adds valuable spacefor baggage so much desired for long distance traveling.

I claim:

1. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and onelower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for ingress and egress, at least one aisle space extending from afloor within the bus upwardly towards the bus ceiling, the chairs orseats in the upper tier built in directly over the chairs or seats inthe lower tier, platforms transversely between the chairs or seatsserving as foot floors in said spaces for ingress and egress, said footfloors in the upper tiers built in directly over the said foot floors inthe lower tiers, all foot floors conveniently lower than the seats theysubserve, the chairs in the upper tiers spaced from the seats in thelower tiers and from the bus ceiling sufficiently for passengerheadroom, and access means from said aisle floor to foot floors in saidupper tier within said bus.

2. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and.one lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced fromeach other for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingressand egress, at least one aisle space extending from a floor within thebus upwardly towards the bus ceiling, the chairs or seats in the uppertier built in directly over the chairs or seats in the lower tier,platforms between the chairs or seats serving as foot floors in the saidspaces for ingress and egress, said foot floors in the upper tier builtin directly over the said foot floors in the lower tier, upwardly anddownwardly sliding ladders serving within said aisle as access means forthe upper tier foot floors as well as gates affording security in theupper tier seats, traction means for said sliding ladders, all footfloors set in comfortably lower than the seats they subserve, the chairsin the upper tiers spaced from the seats in the lower tiers and from thebus ceiling sufficiently for passenger headroom.

3. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and onelower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, an aisle space extending from a floor within the bus upwardlytowards the bus ceiling, the chairs or seats in the upper tier built indirectly over the chairs or seats in the lower tier, platforms betweenthe chairs or seats serving as foot floors in said spaces for ingressand egress, foot floors in said upper tiers built in directly over footfloors in said lower tier, upwardly and downwardly sliding laddersserving within said aisle as access means for the upper tier foot floorsas well as gates affording security in the upper tier seats, tractionmeans for said sliding ladders, counterweights for said sliding laddersfacilitating their operations, all foot floors comfortably lower thanthe seats they subserve, the chairs in the upper tiers spaced from theseats in the lower tiers and from the bus ceiling sufficiently forpassenger headroom,

4. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and onelower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, an aisle space extending from a floor within said bus upwardlytowards the bus ceiling, chairs or seats in said upper tier built indirectly over chairs or seats in said lower tier built in directly overfoot floors in said lower tier, platforms between the chairs or seatsserving as foot floors in said spaces for ingress and egress, footfloors in said upper tiers, within said aisle upwardly and downwardlysliding ladders serving as access means for upper tier foot floors aswell as gates affording security in upper tier seats, traction means forsaid sliding ladders, a longitudinal U-shaped platform erected betweenthe edges of and over a substantial strip of the said bus aisle floorshortening the span between said aisle floor and said foot floorssubserved by said sliding ladders, all foot floors arranged to serve inplanes comfortably lower than the seats they subserve, the seats in theupper tier spaced from the seats in the lower tier and from the busceiling sufficiently for passenger headroom.

5. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and onelower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room, transversely included, serving as aspace for ingress and egress, an aisle space extending from aflcorwithin said bus upwardly towards said bus ceiling, said chairs orseats in the upper tier in position directly over said chairs or seatsin the lower tier, platforms between chairs or seats serving as footfloors in said spaces for ingress and egress, said foot floors in saidupper tier in position directly over said foot fioors in said lowertier, within said aisle upwardly and downwardly sliding ladders servingas access means for upper tier foot floors as well as gates affordingsecurity in upper tier seats, traction means for said sliding ladders, alongitudinal U-shaped platform erected between the edges of and over asubstantial strip of said bus aisle shortening the span between saidaisle floor and said foot floors subserved by the said sliding ladders,in abutment with at least some of the chairs or seats in said lower tierand extending from said U-shaped longitudinal structure a step at eachof such abutted chairs or seats, subserving two of said sliding ladders,one at each side of it, all foot floors positioned comfortably lowerthan seats they subserve, seats in said upper tier spaced from seats insaid lower tier and irom the ceiling within said bus sufficiently forpassenger headroom in each of said tiers.

6. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and onelower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, platforms positioned transversely in said spaces for ingress andegress serving as foot floors, an aisle space within said bus extendingfrom a floor therein upwardly towards the bus ceiling, chairs or seatswithin said bus disposed mostly in pairs on each side of said aisle, oneof each of said pair of chairs or seats edging said aisle, other of saidchairs or seats abutting lateral sides of sa d bus, said foot floorstransversely subserving each group of said chairs or seats, connected toeach other, nearly all of said chairs or seats in the said upper tierlocated directly over chairs or seats correspondingly in said lowertier, nearly all foot floors in the upper tier located directly overfoot floors correspondingly in said lower tier, upwardly and downwardlysliding ladders serving as access means for said upper tier foot floorsas well as gates affording security for said upper tier seats, tractionmeans for said sliding ladders, all foot floors located convenientlylower than seats they subserve, chairs or seats in said upper tierspaced from the chairs or seats in said lower tier and from ceilingwithin said bus sufiiciently for passenger headroom in each of saidtiers.

7. A bus having therein at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one up erand one lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced fromeach other for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingressand egress, platforms, positioned transversely in said spaces foringress and egress, serving as foot floors, an aisle space within saidbus extending from a floor therein upwardly towards the bus ceiling,chairs or seats Within said bus disposed mostly in pairs on each side ofsaid aisle, one of each of said. pair of chairs or Seats edging saidaisle, the other of each of said pair of chairs or seats abutting wallswithin said bus, said foot floors transversely subserving each of saidchairs or seats, connected to each other, nearly all of said chairs orseats in said upper tier positioned directly over chairs or seatscorrespondingly in said lower tier, nearly all foot floors in said uppertier, positioned directly over foot floors correspondingly in said lowertier, all foot floors p0- sitioned conveniently lower than the seatsthey subserve, chairs or seats in said upper tier spaced from chairs orseats in said lower tier a d from the ceiling within said bussufficiently for passenger headroom in each of said tiers, and means foraccess from said bus aisle to foot floors in said upper tier.

8. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and onelower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, platforms in the said spaces for ingress and egress serving asfoot floors, an aisle space extending from a floor within the busupwardly towards the bus ceiling, said seats disposed in transverse andlongitudinal rows, at least one longitudinal row of chairs or seats inthe upper tier edging said aisle, for continuity of ingress and egressmeans from said aisle, foot floors along said aisle connected to otherfoot floors adjacently located to said ,foot floors along said aisle,certain of the chairs or seats in the upper tier located directly overcorresponding chairs or seats in said lower tier, certain of said footfloors in the upper tier '10-;

cated directly over corresponding foot floors in said lower tier, withinsaid aisle access means from said bus aisle to said upper tier footfloors, all foot floors located conveniently lower than the seats theysubserve, the seats in said upper tier spaced from the seats in saidlower tier and from the bus Ceiling within said bus sufficiently forpassenger headroom in each of said tiers.

9. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper and onelower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, platforms in said spaces for ingress and egress serving as footfloors therein, an aisle space extending from a floor within said busupwardly towards the ceiling within said bus, said seats disposed intransverse and longitudinal rows, at least one longitudinal row ofchairs or seats in said upper tier edging said aisle, for continuity ofingress and n e ress said foot floors, subserving each transverse row ofsaid chairs or seats, connected to each other, certain of said chairs orseats in said upper tier positioned directly over chairs or seatscorrespondingly in said lower tier, certain of said foot floors in saidupper tier positioned directly over foot floors correspondingly in saidlower tier, within said aisle upwardly and downwardly sliding laddersserving as access means for said upper tier foot floors as well as gatesaffording security for said upper tier seats, traction means for saidsliding ladders, all foot floors positioned conveniently lower than theseats they subserve, the seats in said upper tier spaced from the seatsin said lower tier and from the ceiling within said bus sufiiciently forpassenger headroom in each of said tiers.

10. A bus having the usual floor, ceiling, front, back and lateralwalls, provided with at least two tiers of chairs or seats, disposed intransverse and longitudinal rows, said chairs or seats facing forwardand spaced from each other for knee room, said knee room serving as aspace for ingress and egress, an aisle space, within said bus, extendingfrom bus floor upwardly towards bus ceiling, an intermediary floorbetween the bus fioor wall and the bus ceiling wall, comprising asuccession of U-sha-ped humps and U- shaped dips, disposed on each sideof the said aisle space, the said humps serving as bases for said seatsor the seats of the said chairs in said upper tier, the said dipsincluded as foot floors transversely in the spaces for ingress andegress for said chairs or seats in the upper tier, a 1ongitudinal row ofsaid chairs or seats in each tier edging the said aisle on each sidethereof, the said foot floors, subserving in the said upper tier eachtransverse row of said chairs or seats, connected to each other, certainof the chairs or seats in the said upper tier located directly overcorresponding chairs or seats in the said lower tier, certain of saidfoot floors in the upper tier located directly over corresponding footfloors in the lower tier, within said aisle access means for the uppertier aisle foot floors edging said aisle, all foot floors convenientlylower than the seats they subserve, the seats in the upper tiers spacedfrom the seats in the lower tiers and from the ceiling within said bussufficiently for passenger headroom in each of said tiers.

11. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper andone lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room subserving said chairs or seats asspaces for ingress and egress, an aisle space extending from a floorwithin the bus upwardly towards the bus ceiling, intermediary seatsupporting means comprising a series of U-shaped humps and U-shaped dipsedged along the said aisle space, the said humps serving as bases forseats in said upper tier, said dips serving as foot floors in the spacesfor ingress and egress for seats in said upper tier, chairs or seats insaid upper tier located directly over chair or seats in said lower tier,foot floors in said upper tier located directly over foot floors in saidlower tier, access means for said upper tier foot floors, all footfloors located transversely in a level comfortably lower than the seatsthey subserve, the seats in said upper tier spaced from the seats insaid lower tier and from the ceiling within said bus sufiiciently forpassenger headroom in each of said tiers.

12. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper andone lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, an aisle space extending from a floor within the bus upwardlytowards the bus ceiling, an intermediary floor between the fioor of saidaisle and the bus ceiling, comprising a series of U-shaped humps and U-shaped dips, edged along the said aisle space, the said humps serving asbases for seats, the said dips serving as foot floors in the spacestranversely for ingress and egress for said chairs or seats, chairs orseats in the upper tier located directly over chairs or seatscorrespondingly in said lower tier, ingress and egress spaces withsubservient foot floors in said upper tier located directly over ingressand egress spaces with subservient foot floors, in said lower tier,upwardly and downwardly sliding ladders serving as access means for thesaid upper tier foot floors as well as gates affording security in saidupper tier seats, traction means for said sliding ladders, all footfloors adjusted comfortably lower than the seats they subserve, theseats in said upper tier spaced from the seats in said lower tier andfrom the ceiling within said bus sufliciently for passenger headroom ineach of the said tiers.

13. A bus having the usual walls, at least two tiers of verticallyspaced superimposed seats or benches, and at least one aisle spaceextending ceilingward from a floor within the bus, a series of U-shaped,horizontal channels edging said aisle on each side of it and parallel toeach other intermediary between the floor and the ceiling of said bus,the tops of each pair of substantially vertical Walls of said channelsconnected by benches or seats, the bottom walls of said channels,positioned comfortably lower than seats or benches, subserving as footfloors for ingress and egress in the channel spaces between the saidsuperimposed benches or seats, the seats or benches thus formed over theuprightly channel walls constituting the upper tier of seats or benches,situated directly over seats or benches in the lower tier, knee spacesand foot floors between seats or benches in said upper tier situateddirectly over knee spaces and foot floors between seats or benches insaid lower tier, and access means to said upper tier foot floorsextending from the floor subserving the said aisle space.

14. A bus having the usual walls, at least two tiers of verticallyspaced superimposed seats or benches, and at least one aisle spaceextending ceilingward from a floor within the bus, provided transverselywith a series of U-shaped, horizontal channels edging said aisle andparallel to each other intermediary between floor and ceiling of saidbus, the tops of each pair of the substantially vertical walls of saidchannels supporting benches or seats, the bottom Walls of said channels,positioned comfortably lower than said seats or benches, subserving saidseats or benches as foot floors for ingress and egress in the channelspaces between the said superimposed benches or seats, the seats orbenches thus formed over the channel walls constituting the upper tierof seats or benches, seats or benches in said upper tier situateddirectly over seats or benches correspondingly in said lower tier, kneespaces and foot floors between seats or benches in said upper tiersituated directly over knee spaces and foot floors correspondinglybetween seats or benches in said lower tier, access means to said uppertier foot floor extending from the floor subserving said aisle space.

15. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper andone lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room and ingress and egress, at least one aisle spaceextending from a floor within the bus upwardly towards the bus ceiling,at least one balcony built longitudinally along the aisle between theceiling within said bus and the floor of said aisle, a railing along thelongitudinal edge of said balcony, the floor of said balcony connectedto the foot floors subserving chairs or seats in said upper tier, astair at the end of said aislespace extending from the floor of saidaisle towards the floor of said balcony, chairs or seats in said uppertier located directly over chairs or seats correspondingly in said lowertier, foot floors in said upper tier located directly over foot floorscorrespondingly in said lower tier, all foo-t floors located comfortablylower than the seats they subserve, chairs or seats in said upper tierspaced from chairs or seats in said lower tier and from the ceilingwithin said bus sufiiciently for passenger headroom in each of saidtiers.

16. A bus'having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper andone lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, at least one medial aisle space extending from a floor withinsaid bus upwardly towards the bus ceiling, one balcony extendinglongitudinally along each side of said aisle space between the saidaisle floor and the bus ceiling, a railing over the longitudinal edge ofeach of said balconies, the floors of said balconies connected with footfloors subserving chairs or seats in said upper tier, a stair extendingfrom the floor of said aisle medially towards the floors of saidbalconies, chairs or seats in said upper tier positioned directly overchairs or seats located correspondingly in said lower tier, foot floorsin said upper tier positioned directly over foot floors locatedcorrespondingly in said lower tier, all foot floors contrivedcomfortably lower than the seats they subserve, chairs or seats in saidupper tier spaced from chairs or seats in said lower tier and from theceiling within said bus sufliciently for passenger headroom in each ofsaid tiers.

17. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper andone lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room, said knee room serving as a space for ingress andegress, at least one medial aisle space extending from a floor withinsaid bus upwardly towards the bus ceiling, a balcony extendinglongitudinally on each side of said aisle space between the said aislefioor and the bus ceiling, a railing over the longitudinal edges of saidbalconies, the floors of said balconies connected to foot floors, oneach side of said aisle space, subserving chairs or seats in the saidupper tier, a stair between said balconies extending from the floor ofsaid aisle towards the floors of said balconies, chairs or seats in saidupper tier positioned correspondingly over chairs or seats in said lowertier, platforms between the chairs or seats serving as foot floors insaid spaces for ingress and egress, foot floors in said upper tierpositioned correspondingly over foot floors in said lower tiers, allfoot floors included comfortably lower than the seats they subserve,chairs or seats in said upper tier spaced from chairs or seats in saidlower tier and from the ceiling within said bus suificiently forpassenger headroom in each of said tiers, a floor connecting saidbalcony railings superimposed longitudinally by a vertical wall,extending from the bus ceiling, affording racks, one on each side ofsaid longitudinally vertical wall, for passenger luggage.

18. A bus having a plurality of seats arranged in line, disposed in atleast two tiers and spaced from each other for knee room, said knee roomsubserved by foot floors, both tiers of seats edging a common aislespace, the seats in'the upper tier in vertically spaced superimposedrelationship to the seats in the lower tier, the foot floors in bothtiers comfortably lower than the seats they subserve, and within saidaisle space means for access to said tiers of seats within said bus.

19. A bus having at least two tiers of chairs or seats, one upper andone lower tier, said chairs or seats facing forward and spaced from eachother for knee room and ingress and egress, at least one aisle spaceextending from a floor within the bus upwardly towards the bus ceiling,at least one'balcony abutting said chairs or seats, the floor of saidbalcony lying in the same plane as the foot floors subserving saidabutting chairs or seats, at least one stair in said aisle space asaccess means from the floor of said aisle towards the floor of saidbalcony, chairs or seats in said upper tier located directly over chairsor seats correspondingly in said lower tier, foot floors in said uppertier located directly over foot floors correspondingly in said lowertier, all foot floors located comfortably lower than the seats theysubserve, chairs or seats in said upper tier incorporated on floors withregard to chairs or seats in said lower tier and with regard to theceiling within said bus sufilciently for passenger needs in each of saidtiers.

20. A vehicle having seats or chairs arranged in vertical relation toeach other disposed in tiers, at least one aisle space and meansembodied within said aisle space for access to said seats or chairswithin said vehicle.

SAMUEL JOHN STANTON.

